GoatCrazyLady
Ridin' The Range
Is sweet PDZ safe for goats? I was reading in backyard chickens that it works wonders in coops. What about goat sheds? I have a dirt floor.
Sweet PDZ
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DonnaBelle
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I use Sweet PDZ in my goat barn. It has a dirt floor, with straw or old hay for bedding. DH scoops up poop in the mornings, and we use it in the garden for composting. You should see the tomatoes I grew this year.
The Sweet PDZ is great on the urine spots. The urine is what you get the most offensive odor from, not the nannie berries.
I use an old screen wire kitchen strainer. I keep the bag in the corner of the milk room, and as I go inside the barn area scoop some up and sprinkle it around. I love the stuff. It really works well.
Now in winter time when they hang around inside the barn it's more of a challenge to keep it smelling sweet, but I do work at it. They say if you can smell "ammonia" smell it's bad for the animals.
The big thing you need in a barn is VENTILATION. We have roof vents, vents under the eves, vents in the walls and windows with "hardware cloth" over them. In summer I keep a big commercial fan going to move the air around.
Different folks use different things for barn floors, depending on the area you are in. I would like to try putting a layer of sand over a loafing area to see if it would hold down the smell. I may do that in one area of the barn when we clean it out this year in late fall.
DonnaBelle
The Sweet PDZ is great on the urine spots. The urine is what you get the most offensive odor from, not the nannie berries.
I use an old screen wire kitchen strainer. I keep the bag in the corner of the milk room, and as I go inside the barn area scoop some up and sprinkle it around. I love the stuff. It really works well.
Now in winter time when they hang around inside the barn it's more of a challenge to keep it smelling sweet, but I do work at it. They say if you can smell "ammonia" smell it's bad for the animals.
The big thing you need in a barn is VENTILATION. We have roof vents, vents under the eves, vents in the walls and windows with "hardware cloth" over them. In summer I keep a big commercial fan going to move the air around.
Different folks use different things for barn floors, depending on the area you are in. I would like to try putting a layer of sand over a loafing area to see if it would hold down the smell. I may do that in one area of the barn when we clean it out this year in late fall.
DonnaBelle
Goatherd
Overrun with beasties
I've used PDZ and it works very well. I also tired, and continue to use, lime and it works equally well. My floor is finely crushed lime stone. Lime is much cheaper.
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GoatCrazyLady
Ridin' The Range
Awesome! So excited to get some. Thanks for the info ya'll.
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GoatCrazyLady
Ridin' The Range
Lime stone?Goatherd said:
Goatherd
Overrun with beasties
Maybe the way I wrote it was little confusing. The floor of my barn is extremely fine limestone which is almost pulverized to a soil consistency. It was bought that way. There is a name for this grade of limestone but the name escapes me at this time. When I rake and clean the stalls to put down new straw I sprinkle powdered lime down on to the floor before I put down the straw. The lime neutralizes the urine and odor.
As I said before, I started with PDZ and it was a very good product and worked well. The lime, for me, works equally well and is a fraction of the cost of PDZ and it is a much larger amount.
As I said before, I started with PDZ and it was a very good product and worked well. The lime, for me, works equally well and is a fraction of the cost of PDZ and it is a much larger amount.
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GoatCrazyLady
Ridin' The Range
Great! thanks for the info. Can I get that at a feed or supply store as well?
Goatherd
Overrun with beasties
Yes you can.
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GoatCrazyLady
Ridin' The Range
PERFECT!
